Being of a certain age...you may remember the title from Monty Python somewhere or another (I have just had to explain to my 7 year old as to who they were)..
Here are 2 boring Woolies pictures.
I went yesterday when I was in Oldham (Oldham is that kind of place)- it was like raking over the belongings of a dying, loved friend.
Did I really need to spend £5.98 on a DVD of 'There will be blood' or Neil Diamond 'Twelve songs' ( Rick Rubin is the producer- that is my excuse & I'm sticking to it)? No----but they were cheap. Here is a thought- the demise of Woolies has been mourned and lamented, but give us a chance and we are ripping the fittings off the walls to try and get a bargain. I am no better- I picked up a copy of 'Seasick Steve- I was born with nothing and I still have most of it left'- the assistant said it was only £5.98. I said 'No thank you'....thinking that I could get it cheaper from Amazon....
Such is the loyalty of the British (or this British) consumer.
What is there left to believe in, now that we know that shopping won't sustain? Hmmm....still have a feeling we are like junkies and if more retail fixes are offered, we will take them. We can't, with the help of others, or Another, go cold turkey and try something different.
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Woolworth's passed quietly away in the US several years ago. When I was a boy in the early '50s, Woolworth's was referred to as the "five and dime." This label referred to the large number of things that could be purchased for 5 or 10 cents.
Today, Dollar Stores have replaced the five and dime even though there is little that you can purchase with a US dollar.
Ah, nostalgia.
.......nostalgia is not what it used to be....
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